Flooding...Sandbagging...Ahhhh!

The state of North Dakota is not fairing so well right now. Many towns and cities are under flood warnings or are to the point of evacuations. The sandbagging efforts continue. I spent 5 hours Saturday sandbagging. I hope the volunteer efforts continue. Thanks to all the college students, high school kids, and community people for there time.

Today I decided to left off some steam and run on the treadmill. I was able to do 2.25 miles in 30 minutes. It felt great! I have kind of been slacking since last week when I ran outside only. I didn't go to the pool last week because it was closed for cleaning..or SO THEY SAID!! A friend found out they reopened the pool Wednesday..that's Thursday, Friday, Saturday, & Sunday that I COULD HAVE SWAM...ugh and grrrrr! Oh well, it's over and done with. I will be swimming this weekend, that's for sure..unless the YMCA floods then I guess I won't be swimming for a very long time.

Running OUTSIDE!!!

Well yesterday I got home from work and decided it felt GREAT outside so I was going to take advantage of the weather and go for a run. I was so happy I did. I was able to run 2.04 miles in 28:41...that's a PR!! It was a rather interesting run. It was pretty warm (on the way out), wet, icy..(good thing I walked in one spot..that could have been painful), chilly (on the way back), and friendly. That's the one thing I like about runners is that they wave. It's nice encouragement without speaking. I felt good and so I did over 2 miles. There was one part when I running and a car drove by and the man said, "you look nice." I was kinda like..."freak!...ahhhh." Then I realized, since I had headphones on, he may have "it's beautiful out or it's nice out." Anyhow, I'm not sure exactly what I said...I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he said the less freaky deaky one!
So today I went for ANOTHER run outside. I'm totally taking advantage of this weather..I guess there's talk of another blizzard..eck! Shhh I didn't say that..if we don't talk about it it won't happen..right?! I was able to do 1.75 miles today in 25:11 minutes. My knee kind of hurt and today I stepped in a puddle and so my foot was wet and soggy. Plus some lady almost ran me off the road..in fact she did..I had to jump on a snow bank so I didn't get run over! Some people really need to get a CLUE! I'll either be cycling on the upright bike at the gym tomorrow or taking a rest day. I'm struggling with sleeping so I'm catching up in the morning which has worked because then I can run outside. We'll see what happens. Oh and my bike is back from it's tune-up~!!! Give me some good weather and Stacy and I will be OUT on the ROAD!!!

Swim n Bike...Man Am I Feelin It!

So last evening a friend and I hung out and went to Walmart..because we had nothing better to do on Friday...the 13th. Anyway...we were out late, but had all intentions of going to the gym in the morning. So this morning I did 1650 meters in the pool...which felt great. Then I hit the spin bike for 18.75 miles. My legs are soooooo feeling today. I pretty much just sat and spun. The instructor wasn't my favorite and I didn't want to over do it. I'm pretty sure it's been 2 months since I entered a spin class. My knees were feeling it. I'm definately going to have to get back into it though. I love the adrenaline rush!!!

This Is What I Call Shoveling!!!

Well on March 10th we had a very Large blizzard hit ND, SD, and MN. I must say spending 42 hours in my apartment alone was NOT FUN. At first it was nice because I was able to catch upon paperwork, do some cleaning, and laundry. However, could I excerise..not so much. I did do 2 pilates videos, which lasted about 40 mins or son. Then it was back to paperwork, cleaning etc. I also had tv and the internet, unlike a friend that lost her tv and internet just in time for Idol to start....I woudn't have known what to do with myself!!! No IDOl..ahhhhh. Ok so we didn't have school Tues or Wed. On Wednesday people were able to get out of their homes by 10 am ish. My friend Stacy and headed straight for he gym. I did a 1.90 mile run and 3.75 mile bike..it felt great!! Then I went out to Travis's parents house, they live out in the country. Ok you HAVEN'T seen SNOW and SNOW DRIFTS until you've been there...OMG. The video is of Travis's family trying to knock down the biggest snow drift. It was so much fun. Tricia and I got up there and jumped on it to make it come loose. Overall I am super duper sore..but it was so much fun and worth it. Lots of laughs & cold noses! Now if only the rest of us got to fly to Arizona last night to live it up in the heat!!!

Turkey Honey Wrap Step by Step

Step 1: Spread cream cheese on the tortilla shell.

Step 2: Drizzle honey on top of the cream cheese.

Step 3: Place deli slice turkey on top.

Step 4: Put the lettuce on top.

Step 5: Roll it up and wrap it!

Pilates Kicked My Butt (& thighs, hips, legs, abs etc)!!!!

So we have a SNOW DAY...ugh. There are pros and cons to today. One of the cons is that I'm stuck in my apartment and so I cannot go to the gym. So I had to pull out the old pilates videos and get to work at home. It was pretty intense since my muscles haven't worked that way in a long time. Overall it was a good thing and I think I need to incorporate that more often. One of the pros is I get a day off from school, but the flip side is now we HAVE school on Friday when we were suppose to have it OFF. So I think I'm going to grab some Special K cereal and slice a banana into it. For lunch I cannot wait, it's meal that I used to eat. Someone I once knew read about it in Bicycling Magazine or Inside Triathlon. It was one of Lance Armstrongs meals. I made some modifications to reduce the calories and fat.

Turkey Honey Wrap
Tortilla Shell (low carb &/or wheat are the best)
Fat Free Cream Cheese
Honey
Deli Sliced Turkey
Alfalfa Sprouts or Leafy Lettuce

Wrap it all up and enjoy!!!

People, People, People..Seriously!!!!

So my plan was to go swim at the pool and do:
500 meter freestyle & 100 meter kickboard all 4 times times for a total of 2400 meters. So I got there and saw that the 2nd lane, without the staircase in it that blocks half the lane on one side was available. So I walked down and got a kickboard, when I returned to the other end I set my towel, id, and extra earplugs down. As I turned around there stands this guy at the other end of LANE 2....I was like for real, is he truly taking the lane I was going to take, not to mention, I WAS THERE FIRST! Honestly, have some manners. So, yep you guessed it, I had to take the lane with the stairs. So it wasn't too bad until I finished my second set of 600 when I was at the far end of my lane with the kickboard and I turned around on the wall and there was this lady in my lane. Coming in my direction, on my side of the lane. I was like, for real, is this really truly happening. I looked over to the other lanes...in lane 2 was the guy that stole my lane, then in lanes 3 and 4 were 2 guys. I get the fact that I'm a girl and she's a girl and probably didn't want to share with a guy but seriously, we had the stairs to deal with. So then I got back to the other end, by the stairs, away from the wall which shortened my distance..grrrr. As I turned around she was coming back on the side that didn't have the stairs...as if she was going to take that side of the lane and make, ME, take the side WITH the stairs. I was like oh no you don't lady. You have already attempted to ruin my swim you are NOT taking over my lane too. So she got to me and said, "Hello, how are you." I was like thinking in my brain, "i'm not your friend lady..move out of my way." Did I mention she never even asked to join my lane. I would have been a little less frustrated, but she didn't ask and then appeared to be taking it over. So I politely stated, "we are going to have to swim in a circle....because of the stairs." She was like, "oh...ok" with a look of confusion. I didn't quite get how she didn't seem to comprehend that. Anyway, so she let me go first..once again I lost part of my length/lap. I didn't like that. So we swam that way for about 5 laps or so and then the 2 guys in the other 2 lanes got out. I moved over. I was happy then. I was also suprsied when she swam like 5 or 6 more laps and was done. Huh....anyway...I must say I was polite, but people really do need to have manners in the pool. I finished with 2300 total meters..300 of them were kickboard..man to my legs feel it!

Good Start to the Month

So I've started off the month of March pretty well. I've already logged 4,000 meters in the pool and plan to hit the pool again tomorrow morning! Yesterday I hopped back on the treadmill and ran 2.25 miles. It felt pretty good. My knee did start to hurt so I was done at that point. I would have liked to have gone on the bike this morning but it didn't workout that way. This weekend I hope to try out the new bike machine at the Y.